Biographical and program notes by John Chilton and Max Harrison, with full recording data ([16] p. : ill.) laid in container. Jazz ensembles. Sidney Bechet, clarinet and saxophone ; various groups and supporting performers. Recorded in New York City, from June 8, 1939-Aug. 25, 1953; most selections previously issued.
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(Cont.): Copenhagen ; China boy ; Runnin' wild (alt) ; Runnin' wild ; Ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll (alt) ; Ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly roll ; Mandy, make up your mind ; Shim-me-sha-wabble / Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen. -- Original Dixieland one step ; Avalon ; That's a plenty ; Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me ; Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me (alt) ; Ballin' the jack (alt) ; Ballin' the jack ; There'll be some changes made (alt) ; There'll be some changes made / Sidney Bechet and his Hot Six. -- All of me ; Ding dong daddy ; Black and blue (alt) ; Black and blue ; Shine ; Rose of the Rio Grande (alt) ; Rose of the Rio Grande ; Sweet Georgia Brown / Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen. (Cont.): Save it pretty mama ; Way down yonder in New Orleans ; Memphis blues ; Shine ; St. James Infirmary ; Darktown strutter's ball ; Darktown strutter's ball (alt) / Art Hodes Hot Five. -- Blame it on the blues (alt) ; Blame it on the blues ; Old Stack O'Lee blues ; Bechet's fantasy ; Weary way blues (10" take) ; Weary way blues / Bechet-Nicholas Blue Five. -- Sister Kate ; Tiger rag ; Tin roof blues ; I found a new baby ; Nobody knows you when you're down and out ; When the saints go marching in / Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen. -- Basin Street blues ; Cake walking babies ; At the jazz band ball ; Joshua fit the battle of Jericho ; Fidgety feet ; Tailgate ramble / Sidney Bechet and his Blue Note Jazzmen. -- Blues for Tommy ; Summertime ; Pounding heart blues / Port of Harlem Seven. -- Careless love ; Milk cow blues / Josh White Trio. -- Lonesome blues ; Dear old Southland ; Bechet's steady rider ; Saturday night blues / Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet. -- St. Louis blues ; Jazz me blues (alt) ; Jazz me blues ; Blue horizon ; Muskrat ramble ; High society ; Salty dog ; Weary blues ; Jackass blues (alt) ; Jackass blues / Sidney Bechet Blue Note Jazzmen. -- Milenberg joys ; Lord let me in the lifeboat ; Days beyond recall ; Porto Rico ; Up in Sidney's flat / Bunk Johnson and Sidney Bechet. --
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